Tailor&#39;s iron.



A. DURAND.

TAlLoHs mon. 4 l APPLICATION FILED 00H19. |914. HENEWED NOV. l9l6- Patented Mr. 13, 1917.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER DURAND, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFOBNIA.

TAILGBS IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent. i P atented D131. 13, 1917.

Application filed October 19, 1914, Serial No. 867,550. Renewed November 1, 1816. Serial No. 188,041.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l. ALEXANDER DUnAND,a citizen of the l'nitrd States. residing at Los Angeles, in the county ol Los A\ngeles, State of California, have invented a. new and useful Improvement in 'l`ailors` Irons, of which the following is a sprcitiralion.

My invention rrlalrs` to tailors irons and the principal obirrl of'the invention is to provide means in .such an iron whereby hot water or steam ran be mixed and delivered to the goods to lm roned. the amount of water and steam in `aid mixture being easily and instantlyl controlled by the operator. Further objects and advantages will be evident hereinafter.

vRatei-ring to the drawings which are for illustrative purposes only:

Figure l is a plan view of an electric iron equipped with my invention, a portion thereof being shown in section to better illustrate the invention.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the invention, a portion thereof being shown in section on the plane :c2-m2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged central section, on the plane z-wz of Fig. 1, ofthe valve and a portion of the connecting pipes.

l Fig. -l'is a further enlarged section of one of the valve members.

F ig. is a section on the plane -ws of Fig. 1 of a. portion oi the invention.

In the form of my invention illustrated in the drawings, a body portion 1() is provided having a cover 1l which may have suitable heat insulation i), and on which are formed standards 12 and 13 between which a handle 14 is secured.y The body portion 1() is hollowed out as shown at l5 and an electric heating element 16 fed by suitable wires 17 and through fiexible wires 18 .is `placed therein. backing block 19 is secured by .means of screws 20 on top of the electric heating element 1G bein l suitably insulated therefrom as is the stan ard practice in electric irons, the backing block serving as a heat storage medium for a portion of the heat generated b y the heating element 16. A distributing passage 21 is formed in a. rib formed in the extreme toe of the iron, the rib being insulated from the main'body of the iron by means of insulating spaces 22. A series of minute perforations 23 extend downwardly from the distributing channel 21 through the face of the iron. A small hole -24 extends upwardly through the extreme point of theliron and a. block 25 is screwed into the upper end thereof, the interior of this block 'being in open communication with the hole 24. Secured in the block 25 is a water pipe 26 and a steam pipe 27. The water pipe 26 is secured by means of a. coupling 2li with a pipe and the steam pipe 27 is secured by means of a couconnected by means of a flexible pipe 38.

with any convenient source of water supply. The fiexible pipe may be dispensed with and a small water reservoir placed on the handle. The pipe 37 communicates with the center of an internal ialve chamber 39 havin je water valve 41 in one side thereof an a steam valve 42 in the other side thereof. These valves are manipulated by the thumb and finger of tho operator by means of buttons 43 and 44 and are held against their seat by means of a compression spring 45, suitable packing 46 being secured about the valve stems, this'. packing being compressed by means of followers 47. For purposes of manufacture the. valve 42 is mounted in a removable block 48. The valves 414 and 42 are so shaped that when the buttons 43 and 44 press downwardly the pipe 37 is thrown into communication with either or both of the pipes 29 and '33.

The method 0E operation of the invention is as follows: Electric current being su'pplied from an)l convenient source to the heating element 16 and the-flexible pipe 38 being connected to4 any convenient source of water supply the operator manipulates the iron in the ordinary manner, ressin'g the goods upon which he works. or the purpose of` thoroughly pressing fabrics it is desirable to supply either water or steam or both,the amount of moisture and its condition being governed both by the condition ofthe iron andthe character of the oods.

For example, with a very hot iron a iierent amount of moisture in a different conl dition is necessary than with a relatively cool iron. 1Wien the operator desires to supply water to the face of the goods he steam generating means.

ypresses downwardly upon the button 43 and allows water tofiow into the pipe 29 and from thence" into the pipe 26 and downwardly through-the opening 24 into the distributmg channel 21, and from thence through' the small holes 23 upon the goods to be pressed. 7When the'operator desires to supply steam to the :fac e,.of the goods he resses upwardly upon th'e'button 44 therey connecting the pipe 37 with the pipe 33 and -allowing water to flow; through the heating coil 3,1 which is in contact w1th .the hot backing block y19 of the iron, the water being' changed to steam in its passage through the'steam coil and emerging from the openings 23 in the formy of a jet of steam. When the operator desires he can admit both water and steam simultaneously in any roportion which he desires. Thls is an important feature of the invention as the amount andv character of the moisture are so dependent on the kind and condition of goods to be pressed that an accurate control of this feature is4 indispensable to a perfectly operating iron.x

' I claim as my invention:

1. A tailors iron comprising a heating means, a 'water supply means, asteam generating means in contact with said heating means, andmeans whereby water can be passed through theA steamgenerating means to the toel of the iron andalso directly to the toe of the iron 'without passing through said 2. A tailors iron com rising a body p^ortion, a -rib formedl at tlie forward end of said body portion having a distributing channel therein, said channel having minute openings communicating with the face of the iron, .a water supply means, a cover for said bodyv portion having Vstandards formed thereon, a handle secured beipween 'said standards, a heatingmeansfa steam coil so openings communicating with the face of' the iron ,-"a water supply means, a cover for- .placed as t6 be heated by said placed as to be heated by said heating means, and valve means in said handle whereby said water. supply means' can .be connected to' saidchannel through said steam coil;

3. A tailors iron com rising a body orj tion, a rib formed atte forward en 401E said body, portion having a distributing channel therein, .said channel having minute said body' portion'having standards formed thereon, 1 a handle'A secured between said standards, 'a heating means, ,a steam coil so ating means, and valve'a'means 1n said ha dle whereby said water supplg'0 means cangbe connected e th directly aud-4 through' to. Said .shaun .rising a bod or- V"e forward exil of said body portion having a distributing channel therein, said channel having minute o enings communicating with the face of t e iron, a water supplymeans, a cover for said body portion having standards formed thereon, a handle secured between said standards, a heating means, a steam coil so placed as to be heated by said heating means, and valve means in said handle whereby 'said water supply means can be connected 'to saidchannel A-both directly and through the steam coil and whereby the proportion of water passing through the 'steam coil and directly to said channelcan be regulated. i l

5. A tailors iron comprising a body portion, a rib formed at the forward en d of said body portion having a distributing channel therein, said channel having minute openings communicating with the face of the iron,l a water supply means, a cover for said body portion having standards formed thereon, a handle secured between sand standards, a heatmg means, a steam coll so' placed as to be heated by said heatingl means, a valve body having a central opening in direct communication with the water supply means and having outlet openings 1n one cnd in open communication with said steam coil and said channel, and means and 4the said outlet openings can 'be regu ted and controlled.

6. A tailorsiron comprising a body por? lwhereby thel How of water between said cen tral opening direct communication with the water supply. means and'having outlet openings 1n one .end in open communication with said the flow of water from said supply means to said steam coil through one oo'penin arranged'to control the iow :of

waterom'sald supply means to 'saiddischannel to the other of 'saidvouttrbuting let openings.'

In testimony whereof set m hand at Los Angel 12th ayof October, 1914.

I llave hereunto said outlet openings, 'and a water valve in said 'central es, California, this- "steamicoil and' said channel, a steam valveV in saidcentral opening 'arranged to control ALEXANDER' ,piuminiA Y lInpresence ofr- Flinn A. MANsFmLD, Fono W. VHARRIS.- 

